The Civil Rights Timeline website is a great interactive timeline for students and teachers to use. This website is well organized and has many images and descriptions of those images. Also, for each fact there is a video or JPG image that goes with it. There are links at the top of the page to make it easier to get to each date.
2. Cook. Rachel. “Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.” Celebrations.2007. 20 November 2009 http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/martin.htmlThe Celebrating of Martin Luther King Jr. website has great information and resources for Martin Luther King Jr. First it has a background from when he was born until when he died. Then it explains how people celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Then, there are objectives, resources, resources needed. Finally there are procedures and assessments.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott website is easy to navigate through with seven main topics to search through. The topics include The Montgomery Bus Boycott, Sit-Ins, Freedom Rides, Birmingham, The March of Washington, Mississippi and Freedom Summer, and Selma. When you click on the lings there is a quote at the top of the page and a description of the event below. There are also links for people or events that people may be unaware of. There is also a “help” button to guide people through the site more easily. Another great feature of this site is that they have already created citations for the readers.
The Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching website has a wide variety of information. It describes what each link will bring you to which could be a website, audio/video, interview or article. The website is clear to navigate through because of the subtitles which are Dr. King, Historical Documents, Other Resoures and even has a section for Women and civil rights. When I searched for civil rights many sites did not talk about womens rights so I was glad to see that. There are also no url’s all the sites are hyperlinked to the description of the page.
The Lesson Plans and Educational website has a lot of resources for teachers to use in their classroom. There are websites that contain information on the civil rights unit. Most of the websites are about Martin Luter King Jr. information and lesson plans. To modifiy your search you can also search what grade you are looking for. The links are hyperlinked to a description of the website. Therefore, it is easy to read and navigate where you want to go.
The Voices of the Civil Rights is a reliable website that is well organized and how no adevertisments. It is clear and has many resources and links. It contains voices of people from the civil rights movement and new voices as well. There is a timeline music videos.
TheMartin Luther King Jr. website is a great website created by the Seattle Times. It is a quiz on Martin Luther King Jr that students can take. It also contains a civil rights timeline and pictures. Then it also has an In His Voice section and interactive classroom section as well.There are no advertisements on it and it is laid out in an easy and clear format.
8.Teaching for Change. “Lesson Plans and Handouts.” Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching.. 2009, 20 November 2009.
<http://www.civilrightsteaching.org/>
The Teaching for Change website is committed to teachers teaching students about the civil rights movement. It provides books and resources for teachers to use to make a greater impact on the subject. It also has lesson plans and handouts that can be used. For resources it has books, websites, audiovisual, and standards for teachers and could also be used for students as well. The layout is inviting and easy to navigate through.
The Civil RIghts Movement In Florida website is great because it focuses on the civil rights movement in Florida alone. It was created by The University of South Florida so the information is accurate and helpful for teachers. It is in large readable font for students as well. There are also pictures of the people being talked about and the year they were born and died is included. There is also many more links to Florida’s history that would be helpful for teachers and students in 4th grade.
Resources for Teachers: Civil Rights Movement
1.AARP. “Civil Rights Timeline. “National Visionary Leadership Team. 2004. 20 November 2009. <http://www.visionaryproject.org/timeline/>
The Civil Rights Timeline website is a great interactive timeline for students and teachers to use. This website is well organized and has many images and descriptions of those images. Also, for each fact there is a video or JPG image that goes with it. There are links at the top of the page to make it easier to get to each date.
2. Cook. Rachel. “Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.” Celebrations.2007. 20 November 2009
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/martin.htmlThe Celebrating of Martin Luther King Jr. website has great information and resources for Martin Luther King Jr. First it has a background from when he was born until when he died. Then it explains how people celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Then, there are objectives, resources, resources needed. Finally there are procedures and assessments.
3. Cozzens Lisa. “Montgomery Bus Boycott.”The Civil Rights Movement 1955-1965. 1998. 20 November 2009.
<http://www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/civilrights-55-65/>
The Montgomery Bus Boycott website is easy to navigate through with seven main topics to search through. The topics include The Montgomery Bus Boycott, Sit-Ins, Freedom Rides, Birmingham, The March of Washington, Mississippi and Freedom Summer, and Selma. When you click on the lings there is a quote at the top of the page and a description of the event below. There are also links for people or events that people may be unaware of. There is also a “help” button to guide people through the site more easily. Another great feature of this site is that they have already created citations for the readers.
4. Indiana University. “Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching”. School of Education. 2009. 20 November 2009. http://education.indiana.edu/dac/DrMLKDay/ForTeachers/tabid/2410/Default.aspx
The Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching website has a wide variety of information. It describes what each link will bring you to which could be a website, audio/video, interview or article. The website is clear to navigate through because of the subtitles which are Dr. King, Historical Documents, Other Resoures and even has a section for Women and civil rights. When I searched for civil rights many sites did not talk about womens rights so I was glad to see that. There are also no url’s all the sites are hyperlinked to the description of the page.
5. Intechnic Corporation. In the Memory of four Little Girls.” Lesson Plans and Educational Sites.U Seek U Find. 20 November 2009. <http://www.useekufind.com/peace/lessonplans.htm>
The Lesson Plans and Educational website has a lot of resources for teachers to use in their classroom. There are websites that contain information on the civil rights unit. Most of the websites are about Martin Luter King Jr. information and lesson plans. To modifiy your search you can also search what grade you are looking for. The links are hyperlinked to a description of the website. Therefore, it is easy to read and navigate where you want to go.
6. Leadership Conference.The History.” Voices of Civil Rights.2004. 20 November 2009. <http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org/index.html>
The Voices of the Civil Rights is a reliable website that is well organized and how no adevertisments. It is clear and has many resources and links. It contains voices of people from the civil rights movement and new voices as well. There is a timeline music videos.
7. “Martin Luther King Jr.” Education. Seattle Times. 2007. 20 November 2009 <http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/special/mlk/classroom/MLKquiz.html>
TheMartin Luther King Jr. website is a great website created by the Seattle Times. It is a quiz on Martin Luther King Jr that students can take. It also contains a civil rights timeline and pictures. Then it also has an In His Voice section and interactive classroom section as well.There are no advertisements on it and it is laid out in an easy and clear format.
8.Teaching for Change. “Lesson Plans and Handouts.” Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching.. 2009, 20 November 2009.
<http://www.civilrightsteaching.org/>
The Teaching for Change website is committed to teachers teaching students about the civil rights movement. It provides books and resources for teachers to use to make a greater impact on the subject. It also has lesson plans and handouts that can be used. For resources it has books, websites, audiovisual, and standards for teachers and could also be used for students as well. The layout is inviting and easy to navigate through.
9. University of South Florida. “Civil Rights Movement in Florida”. Exploring Florida. 2004. 20 November 2009.
<http://fcit.usf.edu/FLORIDA/lessons/cvl_rts/cvl_rts1.htm>
The Civil RIghts Movement In Florida website is great because it focuses on the civil rights movement in Florida alone. It was created by The University of South Florida so the information is accurate and helpful for teachers. It is in large readable font for students as well. There are also pictures of the people being talked about and the year they were born and died is included. There is also many more links to Florida’s history that would be helpful for teachers and students in 4th grade.